Another scam call claiming to be from the IRS, telling to call back immediately to this number or an arrest warrant will be issued. Sort of English on Indian accent, this time. And have a blessed day, he said at the end.
This is a Pakistan or India based IRS scam. Do not fall for it. The IRS does not initiate any legal action via phone.
Read http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/press/press_tigta-2014-03.htm
As general background information, here are a few things you can do:
1) Report it to TIGTA under http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml especially if you have become a victim (lost money, gave personal information etc.). You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/complaint (include “IRS Telephone Scam" in your complaint). This way you can also help the government establish specific fraud patterns.
2) Help kill their phone lines but not by calling them back directly (the number may be spoofed and repeat calls by you may - under exceptional circumstances - amount to harassment). The scammers use Voice over IP lines (e.g. magicJack (Ymax corporation)) to make it seem as if they are calling from the US. This is always against these companys' terms of service and can lead to immediate termination of their contract and blocking of their IP addresses for future attempts to register. Do a reverse look up of their telephone number (e.g. www.whitepages.com) to identify the Voice over IP provider and report it to the company and/or law enforcement (local police and/or state attorney general)
3) If you are really annoyed: call or write to your representative in Congress. As these scams happen all over the country maybe this will trigger a reaction and provide US law enforcement agencies with the political backing and the resources they need to work in India and Pakistan together with local authorities (it can happen, read: http://m.ndtv.com/article/india/ex-call-centr ... mmission-320427). A US task force has already been set up in Jamaica to nab scammers there (see http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/reports/cornerstone/cornerstone7-1.pdf). You can use the following template for your letter (more powerful!) or email:
Called me four times in 10 minutes. Said he was with IRS and threatened me with jail for non bailable offense. Then wanted to to record a conversation. I told him to [***] and hung up. He called two more times in the next few minutes and left messages threatening to put me behind "the bars". Even though I knew it was a scam, my heart was pounding.
Ymax is the Magic Jack provider. If you notify them that these cretins are misusing their service, they will investigate. I have heard of life-time bans from using them but I can't verify that.
This person claim to be an officer with the IRS, provided me with a court case number said that I would have a lien against my home and car and that there was an arrest warrant out in my name.